Further increases the chance to receive more drops.
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Fortune is an enchantment applied to tools that gives a chance to receive more item drops from certain blocks.
Fortune does not add drops when there normally would be none, meaning ores and gilded blackstone still require correct pickaxes. Blocks that do not require a tool accept Fortune on any tool, even if they have a different preferred tool.
Fortune adds a weight of 2 to a normal drop chance and a weight of 1 for each extra drop multiplier. When an ore is mined, the chance for no bonus drops is and if a bonus is applied, there is an equal chance for any number of drops between and
The average drops multiplier is , so Fortune I gives 1.33 × drops on average, Fortune II gives 1.75 × drops on average, and Fortune III gives 2.2 × drops on average.
Creaking hearts, glowstone, melons, Nether wart, redstone ore, sea lanterns[Java Edition only], and sweet berry bushes use a discrete uniform distribution, meaning each possible drop amount is equally likely to be dropped. Fortune increases the maximum number of drops by 1 per level. However, maximum drop limitations might apply: glowstone has a capacity of 4 glowstone dust, sea lanterns have a capacity of 5 prismarine crystals, and melons have a capacity of 9 melon slices. If a drop higher than these maximums is rolled, it is rounded down to the capacity.
Short grass and ferns have a fixed chance, unaffected by Fortune, to drop wheat seeds. If the drop occurs, Fortune increases the maximum number of seeds that can be dropped by 2, by affecting a discrete uniform distribution.[verify]
In Java Edition, the binomial distribution in the default case is created by rolling three times (n=3) with a drop probability of 57% (p=4⁄7), then an additional seed is added, creating the typical drop of 1-4 seeds.
In Bedrock Edition, the drop is also rolled three times with a probability of 53% (p=8⁄15), without the additional seed.
Potatoes and carrots use a binomial distribution, where each level of Fortune increases the number of tests for the distribution, and thus the maximum number of drops, by 1 per level.
In Java Edition, two carrots or potatoes are always dropped. Then further drops are generated by the binomial distribution, which in the default case is created by rolling three times (n=3) with a drop probability of 57% (p=4⁄7), creating the typical drop of 2-5.
In Bedrock Edition, the initial drop of carrots or potatoes is generated as a number from 1 to the level of Fortune plus 1, according to a discrete random distribution. Then, further drops are generated by the binomial distribution, which in the default case is created by rolling three times (n=3) with a drop probability of 53% (p=8⁄15), creating the typical drop of 1-4.
Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive. If commands are used to apply both Silk Touch and Fortune to an item, the Silk Touch enchantment takes precedence over the Fortune enchantment for blocks affected by both enchantments.
Not to be confused with Looting.
Coal Ore
Diamond Ore
Emerald Ore
Iron Ore
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Nether Gold Ore
Nether Quartz Ore
Lapis Lazuli Ore
Amethyst Cluster
Wheat Seeds
Carrot
Potato
Flint
Gravel
Gold Nuggets
Gilded Blackstone
Jungle Saplings
Jungle Leaves
Saplings
Other Leaves
Sticks
Apples
Oak and Dark Oak Leaves
Twisting Vines
Weeping Vines
Trident
Bow
Crossbow
Fishing Rod
